English Index

Transcribed from the 1920 print (smyth-greek-grammar-for-colleges-1920) and three-model adjudicated. The Greek index is also available, and every headword here has a topic page that gathers its sections.

Key to the abbreviations

Grammatical

abs. absolute

acc. accusative

accord. according

accs. accusatives

accumul. accumulation

act. active

adj. adjective

adjs. adjectives

adv. adverb

advs. adverbs

Aeol. Aeolic

agr. agreement

antec. antecedent

antecs. antecedents

anticip. anticipatory

aor. aorist

aors. aorists

apod. apodosis

apods. apodoses

appos. apposition

art. article

artic. articular

Att. Attic

attract. attraction

attrib. attributive

aug. augment

bef. before

begin. beginning

betw. between

caus. causal

circumst. circumstantial

cl. clause

cls. clauses

compar. comparison

compens. compensatory

compnd. compound

compnds. compounds

compos. composition

comps. comparatives

concern. concerning

concess. concessive

condits. conditions

conjug. conjugation

conjunc. conjunction

conjuncs. conjunctions

cons. consonant

consec. consecutive

conss. consonants

constr. construction

constrs. constructions

contr. contracted

copul. copulative

correl. correlative

corresp. corresponding

cp. compare

cpd. compound

cpds. compounds

dat. dative

decl. declension

def. definite

defect. defective

delib. deliberative

demons. demonstrative

denom. denominative

dep. deponent

depend. dependent

depon. deponent

deps. deponents

develop. development

dial. dialect

dimin. diminutive

diph. diphthong

diphs. diphthongs

diphth. diphthong

dir. direct

disc. discourse

disjunc. disjunctive

dist. distinguished

distrib. distributive

Dor. Doric

dramat. dramatic

du. dual

enclit. enclitic

enclits. enclitics

end. ending

Eng. English

Engl. English

Ep. Epic

equiv. equivalent

exclam. exclamation

exclams. exclamations

express. expressions

fem. feminine

fin. finite

foll. followed

follow. following

fut. future

futs. futures

gen. genitive

Hdt. Herodotus

Hom. Homer

hort. hortatory

imp. imperative

imper. imperative

imperf. imperfect

imperfs. imperfects

impers. impersonal

impf. imperfect

imv. imperative

ind. indirect

indef. indefinite

indep. independent

indic. indicative

indir. indirect

inf. infinitive

infin. infinitive

inflec. inflection

ingress. ingressive

instrum. instrument

interch. interchanged

interrog. interrogative

intr. intransitive

introd. introduced

introduc. introducing

Ion. Ionic

Lat. Latin

liq. liquid

loc. locative

masc. masculine

mean. meaning

mid. middle

mix. mixed

nas. nasal

neg. negative

negs. negatives

neut. neuter

nom. nominative

obj. object

om. omitted

omit. omitted

opt. optative

orig. original

part. participle

parts. participles

pass. passive

perf. perfect

periph. periphrasis

pf. perfect

pl. plural

plpf. pluperfect

plup. pluperfect

plur. plural

poet. poetic

possess. possessive

potent. potential

pred. predicate

preds. predicates

pref. prefix

prep. preposition

preps. prepositions

pres. present

prin. principal

princ. principal

priv. privative

proclit. proclitic

proclits. proclitics

prohib. prohibition

prohibs. prohibitions

pron. pronoun

pronom. pronominal

prons. pronouns

pronunc. pronunciation

prot. protasis

prots. protases

quasiimpers. quasi-impersonal

quest. questions

recip. reciprocal

red. reduplication

redund. redundant

redup. reduplication

redupl. reduplication

reflex. reflexive

rel. relative

repeat. repeated

sec. second

second. secondary

sent. sentence

sg. singular

sing. singular

strength. strengthening

subj. subject

subjs. subjects

subjv. subjunctive

subord. subordinate

subst. substantive

substs. substantives

suff. suffix

suffs. suffixes

sup. superlative

superl. superlative

superls. superlatives

supplement. supplementary

syll. syllabic

temp. temporal

them. thematic

tr. transitive

unattain. unattainable

usu. usually

vb. verb

vbs. verbs

voc. vocative

vow. vowel

w. with

Citations

a, b, c … lettered subsection within the cited §

A, B, C … lettered subdivision within the cited §

N. Note within the cited §

D. Dialect section within the cited §

ff. and the following §§

Intr. the Introduction of the 1920 print edition

)( as opposed to; distinguished from

w′t. without (printed w’t.)

A

B

  • Barytone, 157, 158; stems, of third decl., acc. sing., 247; voc. sing., 249 b.

  • Befit, vbs. meaning, w. dat., 1466.

  • Beginning, vbs. of, w. gen., 1348; w. part., 2098.

  • Believing, vbs. of, w. inf., 2592 b.

  • Belonging, gen. of, 1297-1305; adjs. of, w. gen., 1414.

  • Benefiting, vbs. of, w. dat., 1461; w. acc., 1462.

  • Beseeching, vbs. of, w. gen., 1347.

  • Blaming, vbs. of, w. gen., 1405; w. dat., 1461.

  • Brachylogy, 1501, 3017-3018.

  • Breathings, 9-14, 18, 125 e, 153.

  • Buying, vbs. of, w. gen., 1372; w. seller in dat., 1484.

C

D

E

F

  • Failing, vbs. of, w. gen., 1392.

  • Families, names of, article w., 1138.

  • Fear, expressed by μή w. subjv., 1802; οἴμ’ ὡς in expressions of, 2682 d.

  • Fearing, vbs. of, w. obj. cl., 2207, 2221-2233; other constr., 2234-2239.

  • Feeling, dat. of, 1486.

  • Festivals, names of, article w., 1137; in dat. of time, 1541.

  • Filling, vbs. of, w. gen. and acc., 1369; w. dat., 1508 b.

  • Final, clauses, assimilation of mood in, 2185 c, 2186 c; denote purpose, 2193; particles introducing, 2193; origin, 2194; in appos. to τούτου ἕνεκα or διὰ τοῦτο, 2195; moods in, 2196-2203, 2205; ἄν in, 2201-2202; principal cl. omitted, 2204; equiv., 2206; connection, w. obj. cl., 2208; rel. cl., 2554; μή w., 2705 a.

    • Conjunctions, 2770.

    • Consonants, 133.

  • Finding, vbs. of, w. part., 2113, 2114.

  • Finite moods, 357.

  • Fitness, adjs. of, 858. 6, 9; w. gen., 1418; vbs. of, w. inf., 2000; adjs., advs., and substs. of, w. inf., 2001-2007.

  • Forbidding, vbs. of, w. obj. cl., 2210 a, 2218; use of negs. w., 2739-2744.

  • Foretell by oracle, vbs. signifying, w. pres. or aor. inf., 1870.

  • Forgetting, vbs. of, gen. w., 1356-1358; acc. w., 1358; w. part., 2106.

  • Formation, of tense-systems, 474-601, 717-743; of words, 822-899; of substs., 838-856; of adjs., 857, 858.

  • Fractions, 353.

  • Frequentatives, formation, 867.

  • Friendliness, vbs. of, w. dat., 1461.

  • Fulness, adjs., formation, 858. 3, 16; w. gen., 1422.

  • Future conditional relatives, 2565-2566.

  • Future conditions, 2321-2334.

  • Future perfect tense, 359, 368 b; primary, 360, 1858; redup. in, of completed action, 439; force, 1851, 1852, 1858, 1955-1958; perf. for, 1950.

  • Future tense, 359; primary, 360, 1858; first and sec., 361; formations by analogy, 516; fut. indic. and aor. subjv. identical, 532, 541 a, 667 D; Att., 538, 539, 645, 310; Dor., 540; w. pres. form, 541; force, 1851-1858.

    • Active, system, 455, 532-541; inflec., 658-662, 754.

    • Middle, inflec., 658-662, 754; w. act. mean., 801, 805, 806, 1728 a, 1729 a, b; w. pass. mean., 802, 807-809, 1715, 1737, 1738; pass., 1738.

    • Passive, first, 589, 663, 664.

    • Passive, second, 597, 663, 664.

    • Indicative, w. ἄν, 1793; pres. for, 1879; fut. action, 1910; two, some vbs. w., 1911; shall and will, 1912; where English has pres., 1913; without reference to fut. act, 1913 a; modest form of statement, 1913 a; gnomic, 1914; for pres., 1915; delib., see Deliberative future; jussive, 1917-1921, 2709 a, 2756; aor. for, 1934; fut. perf. for, 1958; periph., 1959; after ὅπως (rarely after ὡς, ὄφρα, and μή), in purpose cl., 2203; in obj. cl., 2211-2220; after ὅπως and ὅπως μή w. no princ. cl., 2213, 1920; after μή w. vbs. of fear and caution, 2229; after ὅπως μή w. vbs. of fear and caution, 2231; after ἐφ’ ᾧ and ἐφ’ ᾧτε, 2279; in pres. condit. of pres. intention, 2301; in apod. of vivid fut. condit., 2323, 2326; in prot. of vivid fut. form, 2327 c, 2328; foll. prot. and apod. combined, 2353; in apod. of condit. of type εἰ w. opt., 2359, 2361; in temp. cl. referring to def. fut. time, 2398; in princ. cl. to fut. temp. cl. w. subjv., 2401; in princ. cl. to fut. temp. cl. w. opt., 2407; delib., in rel. cl., 2549-2551; in final rel. cl., 2554; in rel. cl. to express intended result, 2558; in rel. cl. denoting what is to be expected of the subj., 2559; of pres. intention or necessity, in condit. rel. cl., 2563; in fut. condit. rel. cl., 2565 a; in main cl. of condit. rel. sent., 2565 and b; w. οὐ μή, expressing emphatic denial, 2755 b. See Indicative.

    • Optative, where used, 1862 b, 1863 c; w. vbs. of effort after ὅπως, 2211-2212; w. vbs. of commanding, etc., after ὅπως, 2218; in ind. disc., 2287, 2331; in ἕως cl., 2427 N.; w. vbs. of fearing after μή, 2229 a; w. vbs. of fearing after ὅπως μή, 2231; in rel. cl. of purpose, 2554 a. See Optative.

    • Infinitive, w. ἄν, 1847; when stress is laid on idea of futurity, 1865 d; chiefly found in ind. disc., 1866 c, 1867 c; w. vbs. of hoping, expecting, etc., 1868, 1999, 2024; w. vbs. of will and desire, 1869, 1998; w. μέλλω, 1959; after ὥστε, 2261, 2269. See Infinitive.

    • Participle, of liquid vbs., decl., 310; w. ἄν, 1847; chiefly voluntative, 1872; in ind. disc., 1874; denoting purpose, 2009, 2060, 2065; general force, 2044; ὡς w., 2086 c. See Participles.

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

  • Quality, most words denoting, fem., 199 c; suffs. denoting, 840; adjs. denoting, 858. 7; gen. of, 1320, 1321. See Abstract nouns.

  • Quantity, transfer, 34, 238 c, 434; of syllables, 142-148; variation, in third decl., substs., 254; variation, in vb.-stem, 374, 475. See Variation, Gradation, Lengthening, etc.

  • Quasi-impersonal verbs, 933, 1984, 1985; take gen. absolute rather than acc. absolute, 2072 b.

  • Questions, direct, interrog. prons. and advs. in, 1263; indic. in, 1770; delib. subjv. in, 1805-1808; τί πάθω; τί γένωμαι; 1811; potent. opt. w’t ἄν in, 1821 a, w. ἄν in, 1831; πῶς ἄν, τίς ἄν in, 1832; imper. in, 1838, 1842 a; pres. for fut. in, 1879 a; delib. fut. in, 1916, 2639; fut. w. οὐ interrog. in, to express urgency, etc., 1918; τί οὖν οὐ and τί οὐ in, 1936; πῶς (τί) οὐ μέλλω; 1959 d; τί μαθών; τί παθών; τί ἔχων; 2064 a, b; simple, 2157; after ἐπεί, 2244; after ὅστε, 2275; how expressed, 2636, 2637; Yes and No questions (sentence-questions), 2638, answers to, 2680; pron.-questions (word-questions), 2638; delib., 2639; rhetorical, 2640; not introd. by interrog. particles, 2641-2649; introd. by interrog. particles, 2650-2655; alternative, 2656-2661; moods in, 2662; negs. in, 1809, 2703; ἀλλά in, 2784 e, 2786; ἄρα in, 2793, 2794; ἀτάρ in, 2801; γάρ in, 2804, 2805, 2806 a; δέ in, 2835; δή in, 2843 a; δαί in, 2848; δήπου in, 2850; δῆτα in, 2851; ἦ καί in, 2865; καί in, 2872; μέν alone in, 2898; μέντοι in, 2918; νύ in, 2928; οὔκουν in, 2953 d; οὖν in, 2962.

R

S

T

  • Taking, vbs. of, w. inf., 2009.

  • Tasting, vbs. of, w. gen., 1355; adjs. of, w. gen., 1416.

  • Teaching, vbs. of, w. two accs., 1628.

  • Temporal clauses, assimilation of mood in, 2185 b, 2186 b, 2187, 2188; use, 2383-2461; words and expressions introducing, 2383-2385; def. and indef., 2390-2394; referring to def. pres. or past time, 2395-2397; to fut., 2398-2408; in generic sent., 2409-2417; denoting purpose, 2418-2421; summary of constrs. of ἕως, etc., 2422-2429; w. πρίν, 2430-2457; w. πρότερον ἤ, etc., 2458-2461.

  • Tense-stems, 367-379.

  • Tense-suffixes, 455.

  • Tense-systems, 368; formation, 474-601, 717-743.

  • Tenses, number, 355, 359; primary and secondary, 360, 1858; and tense-systems, 368; and moods, meaning, 380; uses, 1850-1965; time and stage of action expressed by, 1850-1858; of subjv., 1860; of opt., 1861-1863; of imper., 1864; of inf. not in ind. disc., 1865; of inf. in ind. disc., 1866, 1867, 2019; of part. not in ind. disc., 1872, 2043, 2112 a N.; of part. w. λανθάνω, φθάνω, τυγχάνω, 1873; of part. in ind. disc., 1874, 2106; of indic., 1875-1965; epistolary, 1942; periph., 1959-1965; in ind. disc., 2597-2635; in ind. questions, 2677-2679; in exclam. sent., 2686.

  • Terminal accusative, 1588, 1589.

  • Testifying, vbs. of, w. μή, 2725.

  • Thematic, conjugation, 602. Vowel, defined, 377; in ω-vbs., 375 a, 456, 457, 602; not in μι-vbs., 379, 412; pres. w. and without, 499, 503, 504; of sec. aor. in first aor., in Hom., 542 D; lacking in sec. aor. of ω-vbs. in Hom., 547 D; lacking in sec. aor. of μι-vbs., 550; in perf. mid., in Hom., 574 D; in inflec., 625-767, 776.

    • Vowel, defined, 377; in ω-vbs., 375 a, 456, 457, 602; not in μι-vbs., 379, 412; pres. w. and without, 499, 503, 504; of sec. aor. in first aor., in Hom., 542 D; lacking in sec. aor. of ω-vbs. in Hom., 547 D; lacking in sec. aor. of μι-vbs., 550; in perf. mid., in Hom., 574 D; in inflec., 625-767, 776.

  • Theme, 371. See Verb-stems.

  • Thinking, vbs. of, foll. by εἶναι w. pred. adj., 1041; w. pred. gen., 1305; w. aor. inf. referring to fut., 1871; pers. constr. w. pass. of, 1982 a; inf. as obj. of, 2016-2022; inf. as subj. of pass. of, 2016 a, 2021; w. artic. inf., 2034 g; rarely w. part. in ind. disc., 2106 a; w. part. and ὡς, 2121; foll. by inf., ὅτι, ὡς, 2580, 2592 b; foll. by dir. or ind. disc., 2589; w. οὐ and inf., 2722; w. μή and inf., 2723.

  • Threat, expressed by voc., 1284; by first pers. sing. of subjv., 1798; by εἰ w. fut. indic., 2328; by ἐᾱ́ν w. subjv., 2328 a; by ἦ μήν, 2865, 2921.

  • Threatening, vbs. of, w. dat., 1461; w. fut., aor., and pres. inf., 1868, 1999, 2024.

  • Time, advs. of, 346; gen., dat., and acc. of, distinction, 1447, 1543; gen. of, 1444-1447, 1325; expressed by dat. of part., 1498; dat. of, 1539-1543, 1447, 1528; expressed by gen. and prep., 1583, 1685. 1 b; by ἐν w. dat., 1542; acc. of extent of, 1580, 1582-1585, 1447; expressed by acc. and prep., 1583, 1587; acc. of, where dat. is in place, 1583; expressed by adv. acc., 1611; by part., 2060, 2061, 2070.

    • Of an action, expressed by tenses, 1850-1857.

  • Tmesis, 1650-1653.

  • Touching, vbs. of, w. gen., 1345-1347; adjs. of, w. gen., 1416.

  • Towns, see Cities.

  • Transfer, of quantity, 34, 238 c, 434; of aspiration, 126.

  • Transition, marked by ἄρα, 2789; by ἀτάρ, 2801; by γάρ, 2805; by ἀλλὰ γάρ, 2819 c; by δέ, 2836; by δή, 2846; by μὲν δή, 2900; by μὲν οὖν, 2901 c; by μέντοι, 2919; by ἀλλὰ μήν ( . . . γε), 2921; by καὶ μήν, 2921; by καὶ μὴν . . . γε, 2921; by οὖν, 2956, 2964; by τοίνυν, 2987.

  • Transitive and intransitive senses, mixture of, in same vb., 819.

  • Transitive verbs, defined, 920; and intr., 920, 1553-1562, 1708, 1709; pred. adj. with, 1040 b; w. acc., 1590-1597, 1706.

  • Transposition, 128. See Metathesis.

  • Trees, names of, gender, 199 b.

  • Trust, put, vbs. signifying w. μή, 2725.

  • Trusting, vbs. of, w. dat., 1464.

  • Trying, vbs. of, w. obj. cl., 2217.

U

  • Ultima, 139.

  • Unclothing, vbs. of, w. two accs., 1628.

  • Unlike, to be, vbs. meaning, w. dat., 1466.

  • Unreal, indic., 1786-1789; in causal clause, 2243; in apod. of simple pres. or past condit., 2300 b, 2358; in unreal condit., 2302-2320, 2358; in prot. and apod., 2353; in conjunction w. εἰ and the opt., 2365; after πρίν, 2442; condit. rel. cl., 2564.

  • Urgency, expressed by οὐ w. fut., 1918.

V

W

  • Want, adjs. of, w. gen., 1429.

  • Wanting, vbs. of, w. gen., 1396.

  • Warning, expressed by voc., 1284; by first pers. sing. of subjv., 1798; by μή w. independent subjv. in Hom., 1802; by οὐ w. fut., 1918; by ὅπως or ὅπως μή w. fut. indic., 2213; condit. w. εἰ w. fut. indic., 2328, w. ἐάν w. subjv., 2328 a.

  • Way, advs. of, 346.

  • Whole and part, constr. of, 981-985.

  • Whole, gen. of, see Divided whole.

  • Will, vbs. of, w. inf., 1869, 1991-1999, 2719; other constrs. w., 1995; w. obj. cl., 2218; w. μή, 2720; w. οὐ, 2721. See Desiring.

  • Winds, names of, gender, 199 a; use of article with, 1139.

  • Wish, unattainable, expressed by indic. w. εἴθε (poet. αἴθε) or εἰ γάρ, 1780; by ὤφελον w. inf., 1781; by ἐβουλόμην and inf., 1782; by ἐβουλόμην ἄν, 1789; opt. of, 1814-1819; expressed by βουλοίμην ἄν, 1827, by πῶς ἄν, τίς ἄν w. potent. opt., 1832; inf. in, 2014; summary of forms, 2156; in cl. introd. by ἐπεί, 2244; μή in, 2704, 2715; expressed by vb. of saying or thinking w. μή, 2723; ἀλλά in, 2784 d; γάρ in, 2807; δῆτα in, 2851.

  • Wishing, vbs. of, in fut., 1913.

  • Wondering, vbs. of, w. gen., 1405; w. εἰ, 2247; w. ὅτι or ὡς, 2577, 2587; w. part., 2587.

Y

  • Yes, how expressed, 2680.

  • Yes and No questions, see Questions.

  • Yielding, verbs of, with dat., 1463.

  • Yod, 20.

Z